Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread Corelli45
I I'm sorry if this is a silly question but I'm trying to weigh up the options here. Will the Community Squeeze OS ever be able to run on a Squeezebox Touch? Corelli45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-10 Thread erland
JJZolx wrote: > > As I understand it, work is being done on creating output for an HDMI > display, so it could be hooked up to a TV or small LCD. I'm guessing > there are plans for an IR interface, also, but it's all a bit fuzzy as > to what would be included, or when this would all come togethe

Re: [slim] email gateway down?

2013-04-10 Thread newworld11
So that's true.I didn't use it,but as you say like that,i don't wanna use it any more..what about this ? newworld11's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread pippin
JackOfAll wrote: > > ickstream from what info has been given, is a cloud based music delivery > platform. Their client API is not based on how an LMS client currently > talks to the LMS server. Possibly the Touch could have a applet that > connected directly back to the ickstream cloud for music

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-10 Thread JJZolx
dasmueller wrote: > That's encouraging. It will however leave a segment of potential users w > the dilemma of how to control the system if they do not have a > smartphone, tablet or Pc in the listening area to control it-probably a > small group and not the target user. Another option would be t

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-10 Thread JJZolx
Suggestion: When these are assembled and packaged, as with Squeezeboxes, can the MAC addresses of both the wired and wireless ethernet interfaces be placed on a label on the bottom of device? JJZolx's Profile: http://forum

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-10 Thread dasmueller
That's encouraging. It will however leave a segment of potential users w the dilemma of how to control the system if they do not have a smartphone, tablet or Pc in the listening area to control it-probably a small group and not the target user. ---

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-10 Thread JJZolx
dasmueller wrote: > 1. For the novice non techie person running a Windows 7 or 8 system, a > Mac system, is this going to be a reasonably easy setup process to > utilize what appears to be a nice new assembly of both hardware and > software ? I certainly learned a great deal here before buying m

[slim] Is MySB.com down?

2013-04-10 Thread ajkidle
I am unable to play Rhapsody (getting an Internal Error message) and also unable to get my Boom to connect to MySB.com. Says it can't find the address. Anyone else experiencing issues? Could this be the beginning of the end? (Let's be honest, the end started a long time ago.) ---

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-10 Thread dasmueller
In addition t this thread there are the ones below which appear to be related in one form or another. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98467-Pre-Announcement-ickStream http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98521-Announce-Community-Squeeze My questions would be 1. For the novic

Re: [slim] How to Future-Proof your SB Setup

2013-04-10 Thread gerph
pablolie wrote: > I am not sure when eventually the electronics would give out -they seem > well build- but if I consider another 10-15 years of lifetime before I > consider an alternative (not all that unusual with audio equipment), I > am looking at the current LMS software becoming incompatibl

Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream

2013-04-10 Thread slimfast
pippin wrote: > You can do that with ickStream, if you like. But what is your "cloud at > home"? Most people don't want to have a server running 24/7 and I, for > myself, enjoy having access to music I don't yet know. This will not go > away, people will use online services for a lot of their mus

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread Mark Miksis
Triode wrote: > To add to this - we specifically picked the Wandboard for two reasons > (and you can see some agonising on this on the thread re hardware): > 1) We know it supports USB Dacs well as it has hardware ehci based > scheduling. Other platforms such as Beaglebone and Pi have serious >

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread Triode
JackOfAll wrote: > And you are more than welcome to use another solution. I have a drawer > full of ARM hardware, that I have fiddled with for a week, then > discarded for various reasons. I haven't found an achilles heel with the > Wandboard yet, even if it is overkill for for a simple client pl

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread JohnSwenson
The wandboard consists of two pieces, a cpu module and a carrier board that has the peripheral interfaces. The module uses an emerging standard (the EDM standard) which several companies are supporting. We are currently using the wandboard in its entirety because it is functional as is. What I am

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread TheShanMan
JackOfAll wrote: > The thing is this.. It's a community project, by the community, for > the community. It is going to depend on more people from the community > getting involved. The people that are involved so far on the development > side, can only do so much. Totally understood. I may be

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread JackOfAll
Mark Miksis wrote: > The Wandboard seems like overkill for those of us not wanting to run LMS > on the player. There will probably be less expensive player-only > solutions, especially if the Raspberry Pi ever gets their USB drivers > fixed. And you are more than welcome to use another solution

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread JackOfAll
TheShanMan wrote: > I hope that this effort will ultimately include a future for > squeezeserver running on windows, support for older clients The thing is this.. It's a community project, by the community, for the community. It is going to depend on more people from the community gettin

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread maggior
Thank you John, that clears it up for me. Interesting developments on multiple fronts here. maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread Mark Miksis
JackOfAll wrote: > The Wandboard Dual is the preferred hardware platform. This will not > change. The JS DAC carrier board has been designed to work with the > Wandboard and its EDM connector. If you wish to use the JS designed DAC > carrier board when it becomes available, it will only work with

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread JackOfAll
maggior wrote: > > Perhaps I missed in in the 79 pages of posts, but are there plans for > how this hardware will be disceminated? I see where John was soldering > components to a PCB. Has somebody signed up to mass produce the > hardware? Another announcement will be made, specifically conce

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread JackOfAll
froth wrote: > So is this different to what the ick squeeze post that pippen posted? > Or is it complementary? Or is it compitision? > > It all confusing to me. Yes, it is confusing. Community Squeeze is about supporting LMS, the Squeezelite software player, and a Community Based hardware pla

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread TheShanMan
I'm interested to see where this goes. I'm probably not interested in a stand alone server though. I hope that this effort will ultimately include a future for squeezeserver running on windows, support for older clients (I have a slimp3 and an SB1), and support for Pandora that doesn't time out (t

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread JackOfAll
Furry wrote: > As a potential 'early user', I have a couple of questions: > > 1. Is it likely that the Wandboard will persist, as the preferred > hardware platform? > > 2. If it doesn't persist, then is it likely that the Wandboard will > (also) be supported for future software releases? The W

Re: [slim] Date Time screensaver scrolling?

2013-04-10 Thread TheShanMan
OK, I've got this working pretty well. If you set the maximum offset to a very high number, the plugin will automatically detect when the text reaches the edge of the screen and reverses direction at that point. No more sticking at the side of the screen! It also now functions properly in single l

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread tcutting
Furry wrote: > As a potential 'early user', I have a couple of questions: > > 1. Is it likely that the Wandboard will persist, as the preferred > hardware platform? > > 2. If it doesn't persist, then is it likely that the Wandboard will > (also) be supported for future software releases? My un

Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?

2013-04-10 Thread agillis
Simplicity. That's what you get that you don't have now. Drop a CD in the drive and it shows up on your SqueezeBox 5 minutes later. One box, no hassles. agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread Furry
As a potential 'early user', I have a couple of questions: 1. Is it likely that the Wandboard will persist, as the preferred hardware platform? 2. If it doesn't persist, then is it likely that the Wandboard will (also) be supported for future software releases?

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread garym
Marsupial wrote: > Can the community squeeze OS run on other hardware? yes garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98521 ___

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread Marsupial
Can the community squeeze OS run on other hardware? Marsupial's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59182 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98521

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread garym
froth wrote: > So is this different to what the ick squeeze post that pippen posted? > Or is it complementary? Or is it compitision? > > It all confusing to me. My understanding: community squeeze is an "operating system" that can be installed on hardware to emulate a squeezebox player. The

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread froth
So is this different to what the ick squeeze post that pippen posted? Or is it complementary? Or is it compitision? It all confusing to me. froth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11878 View this

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread garym
maggior wrote: > I read through some of that thread and the wiki article was > interesting. > > Perhaps I missed in in the 79 pages of posts, but are there plans for > how this hardware will be disceminated? I see where John was soldering > copmonents to a PCB. Has somebody signed up to mass p

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread maggior
I read through some of that thread and the wiki article was interesting. Perhaps I missed in in the 79 pages of posts, but are there plans for this hardware will be disceminated? maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread asplundj
Maggior: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97881-Community-Funded-Squeezebox-Replacement-Would-you-be-interested asplundj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53571 View this thread: http://

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread Julf
maggior wrote: > What form will the "community hardware" take? Community software > projects make sense, but I've never heard of a community hardware > project. Will it be a parts list? A kit? 'Wikipedia: Open Source Hardware' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware)

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread maggior
What form will the "community hardware" take? Community software projects make sense, but I've never heard of a community hardware project. Will it be a parts list? A kit? It's interesting to see this little projects taking root. Hopefully one or all of them will take off. -

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread P Nelson
Consider putting instructions and perhaps a wiki on the communitysqueeze.org website. As this thread becomes numerous pages, and new threads get formed, having a central point of important information very useful. It's too bad the squeezebox wiki is no longer maintained. Paul ---

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-10 Thread Pascal Hibon
According to the Wanboard site there are two versions of the hardware available. A Solo and a Dual version. The Dual version also has wifi. Which of these two boards are required for this project? Pascal Hibon's Profile: ht

Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?

2013-04-10 Thread servies
banned for life wrote: > I was running LMS on a Vista Pro Dual-core 3Ghz with 3GB of memory. > Performance was lousy. I run Vortexbox now in a VMWare Workstation > virtual machine with 384MB of memory and the performance is outstanding. > I actually run two copies: one for in the house and one po